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Record & Edit With Your USB Microphone Like A Pro

Learn how to record and edit great sounding audio on your USB microphone that will be accepted by broadcast standards.

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On a Windows machine? We'll start recording straightaway with Audacity.

If you are using a Mac, go for the next video and see how we do the same thing on a Mac.

Important matters covered in this lecture:

Plugging in your microphone

Setting audio inputs

Setting levels

Recording in audacity

Recording Kickstart

06:21

Watching this lecture means you're on a Mac. That's okay, I'll just show you how to set your microphone and record on a Mac in this lecture.

Important matters covered in this lecture:

Plugging in your microphone

Setting audio inputs

Setting levels

Recording in audacity

Recording Kickstart (Mac)

02:15

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Cleaning & Treating Your Recordings

2 Lectures
08:08

You'll learn how to denoise your audio in this section. This includes noise from your AC, atmosphere and sometimes even little sound annoyance.

I'm doing this in Adobe Audition (that is why I recommend Adobe Audition!), but you'll get away fine with Audacity as a start.

Denoising Audio

05:11

Hisssssssssss and sssssssssss went the singer. This lecture is de-essing those annoying 'S' usually found in vocal recording takes.

Here's how I do it in Adobe Audition.

Again, if you have some questions or need help in your audio editor, let me know. I'll come to assist you.

De-essing Audio

02:57

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Recording & Editing Techniques

4 Lectures
23:36

Microphone techniques is next. Get the best possible sound in your recordings.

For this demonstration, I got Alvin Chong, a singer to help. You'll hear recording samples from him that might be a little hard to differentiate if you're new in audio production. However the more you go into audio production, you'll begin to train your ears to hear even the most subtle differences.

Let me know if you have questions throughout this lecture.

The Samson CO1U microphone is being used in this lecture.

Recording Techniques - Vocals

02:47

Let's see if you're ready to take on professional recording

Recording Technique Quiz

3 questions

Learn some basic editing first before going into advanced editing. This lecture will make sure you'll edit your audio effectively for them to sound great.

Basic Audio Editing

04:41

Getting good sound does not mean you'll have to run out and but all the audio gear you can find. Here I'll show you how to sculpt your recorded audio into a polished sound.

Sculpting Your Sound

07:54

Effects is the fun part. You can use the effects that came with your software.

If you want extra effects, you can always buy or look for free 3rd party effects.

Either way, the effect techniques you learn in this lecture will be applicable to all of them.

Applying Audio Effects

08:14

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Exporting Your Audio

2 Lectures
07:51

That's right. This is usually my happiest moment in production.

The final frontier. Exporting my work and sharing it with the world.

But before you make an export mistake and get the world frowning at you, I'm here to show you how to export it correctly. Below are some helpful reminders.

MP3 (Compressed. Low end & high end frequencies are generally cutted off. The frequencies we humans can't hear are removed for a smaller file size)16bit / 320kbps << For the highest quality

CD Quality 16bit / 44.1kHz DVD Quality 24bit / 96kHz

Blu-Ray Quality 24bit / 192kHz

Exporting Your Audio Like A Boss

06:58

One more quiz before you take on the world!

Exporting Quiz

2 questions

Questions & support? I'm here for you, I promise.

As the Audio Mentor, it's my job to make sure you I can inspire you, teach you what I know and continue to help you in anyway I can. :)

Plugins, effects and more. Just ask.

Thank you again. I hope you enjoyed the course as much as I did creating it.

Hello. My name is Reuben Ch'ng and I'm a music composer & producer who have worked for names like History Channel, Sony, Ridsect and more.

My work in the production industry are usually recording & mixing for TV plus music compositions for films and documentaries. I've also had the honor to make music for some games as well for a few game companies.

Having started in the music production industry with little help, I've self taught a lot and also not to mention the many trials and errors I did. And because of that I always look forward helping aspiring music producers and fellow musicians.